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After casting his vote, Minister of Information Ziad Al-Makari saluted the Ministry of Interior, all security apparatuses and all media representatives and outlets for their efforts in ensuring a smooth electoral process, expressing special appreciation to the official media. Stressing on the media’s important and responsible role, Al-Makari said: “Can ...

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Parliamentary elections kicked off across Lebanon at 7:00 am on Wednesday amid stringent security measures by the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces. The electoral lists are distributed as follows: Beirut Beirut I (Ashrafieh, Saifi, Rmeil, Medawar): 6 lists Beirut II (Ras Beirut, Minet el Hosn, Dar El Mrayse, ...

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Information Minister, Ziad Al-Makary, on Tuesday welcomed at his ministerial office a delegation representing associations of persons with disabilities, who briefed him on the parliamentary elections’ code of conduct. Al-Makary stressed “the importance of this code and adherence to it to the fullest extent.” An agreement has been reached between ...

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A media gathering was held on Monday at Dunes – Verdun with head of the Supervisory Commission for Elections (SCE), Judge Dr. Nadim Abdelmalak, at the invitation of President of the National Audio-Visual Council, Abdel Hadi Mahfouz. The media gathering took place in the presence of the General Director of ...

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Information Minister Ziad Al-Makari visited the French “Clinique Du Levant” Hsopital in Sin El-Fil this afternoon, where he was received by its Board Chairman & Director General, Dr. Antoine Maalouf, and French Deputy of Lebanese origin, MP Elie Abboud, who briefed him on the medical and health functions performed by the hospital amidst ...

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Information Minister Ziad Makary will launch the “Samir Kassab Prize for Photography and the Media” on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, on the case of the photojournalist of “Sky News Arabia”,  Samir Kassab, who was kidnapped in the Aleppo countryside in Syria. On this occasion, the Ministry ...

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Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makari, held a press conference on Friday evening at the “Beirut House – Sodeco” to launch the telethon for Lebanon’s TV, scheduled for June 2022 following Pope Francis’s visit to Lebanon. After the national anthem, Al-Makari gave a speech welcoming the attendees, saying: “You are here to ...

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Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, on Friday welcomed at his ministerial office Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Beirut, Costanza Farina, with whom he discussed a number of cooperation projects between “UNESCO” and the Ministry of Information. For his part, Minister Al-Makary stressed that the media’s freedom of expression ...

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Information Minister, Ziad al-Makary, on Friday welcomed at his ministerial office Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Rudakov, with whom he discussed Lebanese-Russian bilateral relations. In the wake of the meeting, Ambassador Rudakov said that talks with Al-Makary also touched on the best means to bolster  cooperation within the media sector. ...

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Minister of Information, Ziad al-Makary, on Thursday visited and toured the offices of Annahar Newspaper in Downtown Beirut, where he was received by the chairman of the newspaper’s board of directors, Mrs. Nayla Gebran Tueni. “It was a great opportunity to discuss the country’s media reality, and the challenges that ...

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